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  • Polymorphisms associated with Parkinson's disease
    Patent number: 8187811
    Abstract: The invention provides human polymorphisms that are associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). Also disclosed are compositions and methods for use in diagnostics, prognostics, prevention, treatment and/or study of PD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Eriksson, Chuong Do
  • Ancestry finder
    Patent number: 11468971
    Abstract: Inferring a characteristic of an individual is disclosed. An indication that a first user and a second user have at least one shared chromosomal segment is received. Information about the second user is obtained. A characteristic of the first user is inferred based at least in part on the information about the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • Ancestry finder
    Patent number: 10854318
    Abstract: Inferring a characteristic of an individual is disclosed. An indication that a first user and a second user have at least one shared chromosomal segment is received. Information about the second user is obtained. A characteristic of the first user is inferred based at least in part on the information about the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • Determining family connections of individuals in a database
    Patent number: 11170047
    Abstract: Determining relative connections between individuals includes: obtaining identification information of a first individual and identification information of a second individual; determining, based at least in part on a relative connections graph, a relative connections path connecting the first individual, the second individual, and at least one additional individual; and outputting information pertaining to the relative connections path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventor: John Michael Macpherson
  • Ancestry painting with local ancestry inference
    Patent number: 9367800
    Abstract: Presenting ancestral origin information, comprising: receiving a request to display ancestry data of an individual; obtaining ancestry composition information of the individual, the ancestry composition information including information pertaining to a proportion of the individual's genotype data that is deemed to correspond to a specific ancestry; and presenting the ancestry composition information to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Durand, John Michael Macpherson
  • Cohort selection with privacy protection
    Patent number: 11748383
    Abstract: Assembling a cohort includes: receiving genetic characteristic information pertaining to a desired genetic characteristic; using the genetic characteristic information to search a data storage comprising information of previously genotyped individuals to derive a candidate group having the desired genetic characteristic; and assembling the cohort based at least in part on the candidate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnab Chowdry, Alexander Kompel, Michael Polcari
  • Cohort selection with privacy protection
    Patent number: 9405818
    Abstract: Assembling a cohort includes: receiving genetic characteristic information pertaining to a desired genetic characteristic; using the genetic characteristic information to search a data storage comprising information of previously genotyped individuals to derive a candidate group having the desired genetic characteristic; and assembling the cohort based at least in part on the candidate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnab Chowdry, Alexander Kompel, Michael Polcari
  • Ancestry painting with local ancestry inference
    Patent number: 10572831
    Abstract: Presenting ancestral origin information, comprising: receiving a request to display ancestry data of an individual; obtaining ancestry composition information of the individual, the ancestry composition information including information pertaining to a proportion of the individual's genotype data that is deemed to correspond to a specific ancestry; and presenting the ancestry composition information to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Durand, John Michael MacPherson
  • Determining family connections of individuals in a database
    Patent number: 10025877
    Abstract: Determining relative connections between individuals includes: obtaining identification information of a first individual and identification information of a second individual; determining, based at least in part on a relative connections graph, a relative connections path connecting the first individual, the second individual, and at least one additional individual; and outputting information pertaining to the relative connections path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventor: John Michael Macpherson
  • Cohort selection with privacy protection
    Patent number: 8990250
    Abstract: Assembling a cohort includes: receiving genetic characteristic information pertaining to a desired genetic characteristic; using the genetic characteristic information to search a data storage comprising information of previously genotyped individuals to derive a candidate group having the desired genetic characteristic; and assembling the cohort based at least in part on the candidate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnab Chowdry, Alexander Kompel, Michael Polcari
  • Cohort selection with privacy protection
    Patent number: 10162880
    Abstract: Assembling a cohort includes: receiving genetic characteristic information pertaining to a desired genetic characteristic; using the genetic characteristic information to search a data storage comprising information of previously genotyped individuals to derive a candidate group having the desired genetic characteristic; and assembling the cohort based at least in part on the candidate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnab Chowdry, Alexander Kompel, Michael Polcari
  • Attribute combination discovery for predisposition determination of health conditions
    Patent number: 11621089
    Abstract: A method, software, database, and system in which a query attribute is used as the basis for accessing stored attribute combinations and their frequencies of occurrence for individuals; and tabulating, based on frequencies of occurrence, those attribute combinations that are most likely to co-occur with the query attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Alexander Kenedy, Charles Anthony Eldering
  • Ancestry painting with local ancestry inference
    Patent number: 10755805
    Abstract: Presenting ancestral origin information, comprising: receiving a request to display ancestry data of an individual; obtaining ancestry composition information of the individual, the ancestry composition information including information pertaining to a proportion of the individual's genotype data that is deemed to correspond to a specific ancestry; and presenting the ancestry composition information to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Durand, John Michael Macpherson
  • Identifying variants of interest by imputation
    Patent number: 10777302
    Abstract: Processing genetic information comprises: receiving an input that includes information pertaining to a specific genetic variant; and identifying, in a database comprising genotype information of a plurality of candidate individuals, a matching individual imputed to have the specific genetic variant. The genotype information of the matching individual corresponding to the specific genetic variant is not directly assayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnab Chowdry, Geoffrey Benton, Brian Thomas Naughton
  • Ancestry painting with local ancestry inference
    Patent number: 10699803
    Abstract: Presenting ancestral origin information, comprising: receiving a request to display ancestry data of an individual; obtaining ancestry composition information of the individual, the ancestry composition information including information pertaining to a proportion of the individual's genotype data that is deemed to correspond to a specific ancestry; and presenting the ancestry composition information to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuong Do, Eric Durand, John Michael Macpherson
  • Ancestry painting
    Patent number: 11625139
    Abstract: Displaying an indication of ancestral data is disclosed. An indication that a genetic interval corresponds to a reference interval that has a likelihood of having one or more ancestral origins is received. One or more graphic display parameters are determined based at least in part on the indication. An indication of the one or more ancestral origins is visually displayed using the one or more graphic display parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface for conveying genetic information
    Patent number: D788123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Peilun Shan, Jie Wei, Magdalene Misztal, Brad Kittredge, Caitlyn Elizabeth Adams, Afton Kerry Vechery, Vilia Ingriany, Timmy Chau, Claudio Guglieri Lillo, Sampo Aleksi Jalasto, Joel Parsons, Jesse Jouni Sakari Maula
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D913330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Peilun Shan, Jie Wei, Magdalene Misztal, Brad Kittredge, Caitlyn Elizabeth Adams, Afton Kerry Vechery, Vilia Ingriany, Timmy Chau, Claudio Guglieri Lillo, Sampo Aleksi Jalasto, Joel Parsons, Jesse Jouni Sakari Maula
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D916905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Peilun Shan, Jie Wei, Magdalene Misztal, Brad Kittredge, Caitlyn Elizabeth Adams, Afton Kerry Vechery, Vilia Ingriany, Timmy Chau, Claudio Guglieri Lillo, Sampo Aleksi Jalasto, Joel Parsons, Jesse Jouni Sakari Maula
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D969156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Peilun Shan, Jie Wei, Magdalene Misztal, Brad Kittredge, Caitlyn Elizabeth Adams, Afton Kerry Vechery, Vilia Ingriany, Timmy Chau, Claudio Guglieri Lillo, Sampo Aleksi Jalasto, Joel Parsons, Jesse Jouni Sakari Maula
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